An Elephant Hunt at Ayathia During Siamese Campaign
In April 1870 a small European party left Bangkok for Ayathia to witness a royal elephant hunt. At a riverside platform a high official and guests watched two hundred eighty elephants driven toward a stockade by decoy elephants and expert mahouts. The scene included numerous tame elephants forcing laggards forward amid occasional escapes.
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Bangkok
Kingdom of
Siam
Ayathia
Menam
Ynthia
Nicholas
The Dummy Thief Taker in Paris Police Trick
A Paris warehouse thefts case led to a novel sting by police using dummies as hiding spots. A thief was ensnared when a mantle was stolen and the culprit grasped by the arm in the dummy frame. He is jailed and wary of future robberies and dummies.
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Paris
London Standard
Faubourg St. Germain
Acton
Toni
Pson
Odd Child of Literature Emily Dickinson Revealed
The piece portrays Emily Dickinson as a reclusive, bashful poet from Massachusetts. It notes her inner life, limited social contact, and poetry marked by memorable thoughts despite stylistic faults. The passage contrasts her with Hawthorne and Emerson and laments her isolation from the wider world.
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Emily Dickinson
Thoreau
Massetts
Hawthorne
Emerson
Can the President Resign An Insight From The Washington Star
A Washington Star report reflects on presidential resignation and removal. It explains the president may resign by sending a notice to Congress and notes impeachment requires crime or misdemeanor. It also outlines presidential succession through the cabinet if both President and Vice President die. The piece mentions President Harrison and the absence of a law to fill his seat.
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Star
The
United States
Congress
Secretary of War
Secretary of the Navy
Secretary of the Interior
Harrison
Washngton Star
Gold as a Tonic Says Dr White on Gold Lymph Effects
Chicago Herald reports Dr White of New York Charity Hospital Medical board asserts gold is a key element in Dr Koch's lymph. He uses injections of gold and claims results rival Berlin professor. Gold boosts nerves stomach heart and appearance, transforming weak individuals into confident, healthier persons.
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White
Medical Board of the Charity Hospital of
New York
Koch
Berlin
Chicago Herald
Artificial Oyster Beds Use Limestone From Hudson River
Oyster planters in Long Island Sound shift from shells to limestone for durable beds to which spawn attaches. Initial shell imports from towns along the sound and New York proved temporary as shells broke up and washed away. Limestone proves to create a permanent oyster bed, per Baltimore Trade report. A Protective Association forms among Florida Orange Buyers. Timber mineral farm lands and ranches advertised across Missouri Kansas Texas Arkansas. Tyler & Co., Kansas City.
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Long Island Sound
Hudson River
Sound
New York
Maryland
Baltimore
Missouri
Anansas
Texas
Arkansas
Henest
I Yler& Co
Kansas City
Slo
August Flower credited with curing neuralgia and fatigue
Mrs. Sarah M. Black of Seneca Missouri reports two years of neuralgia headaches stomach and womb pain. She describes poor appetite yellow complexion dull head mucus in mouth bitter taste breath shortness and palpitations. After using August Flower she claims complete relief and notable improvement.
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Sarah M. Black
Seneca
G. G. Green
Woodbury, NJ
Investment offers on Kansas City mortgages and city lots
Promises five year eight percent mortgages on Kansas City property with semiannual interest and prompt principal remittance. Also advertises building lots in Kansas City suburbs yielding high returns, plus other items including a cheap soap and a costly university thermometer.
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Kansas City
J. H. Bauerlein & Co
J. H. Bauerein & Co
Lee Wa's Chinese Headache Cure Claim
An advertisement states a headache cure by Lee Wa promising harm less relief and quick positive effects for a $1 bet, with contact at 4aeier & Co Wyancotte street Kansas City Missouri. It mentions irrigation of 4 000 000 acres in Colorado and a claim of a gasar nexeve restorer. It notes Dr Kline in Philadelphia and Lake Baikal as a noted deepest lake.
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Lee Wa
Colorado
Fraud Warning From Benj Lewis & Co at Kansas City
An unreliable notice promises fortune to anyone sending name address to Benj. Lewis & Co. at decaritus Building Kansas City Missouri. The wording targets soliciting personal details with financial gain.
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Benj. Lewis & Co
Decaritus Building
Kansas City
Humboldt Plank 16 Feet Wide Featured in Record
A note highlights Humboldt Colorado boasting a 16 foot wide plank and promotes a book titled Fruits and Trees Point or Practical Tree Planters. It claims the book is packed with practical growing methods from earliest sources and invites readers to request a free copy from Stark Bros Louisiana. The item also mentions a large coal deposit discovery in Shasta County California.
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Chuck
Stark Bros
Louisiana
Cail
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted as Blood Remedy
Local applications cannot reach the seat of disease. Catarrh is a constitutional issue and must be treated internally. Hall's Catarrh Cure is described as a trusted internal medicine prescribed by physicians, purifying blood and acting on mucous surfaces. Free testimonials issued by F J Cheney & Co of Toledo. Sold by druggists for 75 cents. The notice ends with a remark about boxers signing articles of agreement.
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Hall
F. J. Cneney & Co
Props
Toledo
Syrup of Figs Promoted for Health on Travel
Advertisement urges travelers to take two bottles of Syrup of Figs on every trip for pleasant and effective cleansing of kidneys liver and bowels. Promises prevention of fevers headaches and other sickness. Sold in 50 cent and 1 dollar bottles by leading druggists.
Medical College Diplomas Held by About 2500 Women in U S
A report notes that roughly 2,500 women in the United States possess medical college diplomas. The figure highlights the growing participation of women in medical professions and the evolving landscape of American higher education.
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United States
Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription Promoted in Ad
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a world famous tonic for female weaknesses and distress. It promises guaranteed satisfaction or money refunded and offers a 160 page book on women’s diseases sent for ten cents from the World’s Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo.
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Dr. Pierce
World’s Dispens Medical Association
Main Street
Buffalo
N. Y
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